During my reading block, we will have 60 minutes of guided reading, 15-20 minutes of Interactive Read Aloud (FPC), and 15-20 minutes of Phonics instruction. Additionally from all that reading practice, we will have 30 minutes of writing! We work HARD in Kindergarten.
Reading Skills:
Main idea/key details
Central Message of Story
Make Predictions
Make Connections
Identify Story Elements
Compare and Contrast
Read Sight Words
Nonfiction Text Features
Phonics Skills:
Letter Sound/Recognition
Rhyming
Blends & Digraphs
CVC & CVCe words
Segmenting
Word Endings
Word Families
Spelling Sight Words
Writing Skills:
Sentence Structure
Narrative
Informative
Persuasive
Transitional Words
Letter Formation
Research Skills/Topics
Use nouns and verbs
These particular set of skills are developed over the course of the year. Our reading curriculum is Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, where we are given high quality picture books to develop their thinking and reading strategies. We just adopted a new curriculum for phonics and writing. Click to the left (ELA Standards) to find the full list of skills.